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Definition of Shaven
1. Adjective. Having the beard or hair cut off close to the skin.
Similar to: Beardless, Whiskerless, Clean-shaven, Smooth-shaven, Well-shaven
Antonyms: Unshaven
Definition of Shaven
1. Adjective. Having been shaved. ¹
2. Verb. (past participle of shave) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shaven
1. shave [v] - See also: shave
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shaven
Literary usage of Shaven
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A System of Surgery: Pathological, Diagnostic, Therapeutic, and Operative by Samuel David Gross (1882)
"The Rolandic point, thus determined, should, on a living subject for operative
purposes, be properly marked upon the shaven scalp. A third horizontal line ..."
2. Popular Ballads and Songs: From Tradition, Manuscripts and Scarce Editions by Robert Jamieson (1806)
"... ald carl cam o'er the craft, Wi' his ald beard newlin shaven; ... an' hostit
as he cam in, Wi' his ald beard newlin shaven; ..."
3. Popular Ballads and Songs: From Tradition, Manuscripts and Scarce Editions by Robert Jamieson (1806)
"... aid carl cam o'er the craft, Wi' his aid beard newlin shaven; ... hostit as
he cam in, Wi' his aid beard newlin shaven; ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh (1883)
"Vertical strata in a stream-bed, as all observers know, lie with their ends shaven
off, like the strata that enter into a plane of marine denudation on the ..."
5. A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad (1912)
"The second smiled broadly, a smile that made two vertical folds on his shaven
cheeks. And I smiled, too, but I was not exactly amused. ..."
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